Results for "Road Reports Across America (Blog)"
Introducing Smithson to Smithsonian
- Date: August 10, 2022
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: As the Smithsonian geared up to celebrate its 175th anniversary, the Libraries and Archives decided to revisit the online exhibition From Smithsonian to Smithsonian, created a quarter of a century ago. Today, on the Smithsonian’s birthday, we are pleased to celebrate the launch of a new, refreshed and greatly expanded web exhibition, Smithson to Smithsonian.
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Looking Death in the Face
- Date: February 1, 2010
- Creator: Marvin Heiferman
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="384" caption="Moseley, Greenwood Cemetery, 1998, by Titus Brooks Heagins, Digital photograph, Anacostia Community Museum, Titus Brooks Heagins Collection, Gift of Titus Brooks Heagins, © 1998 Titus Brooks Heagins, PH 2005.7010.01."][/caption] At one point, early in CNN’s round-the-clock television coverage of Haiti after the earthquake
Recent Acquisitions - NMAI's Film and Video Center
- Date: July 25, 2017
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: Highlighting the recent acquisition of the records of the National Museum of the American Indian's Film and Video Center in January 2017.
Celebrating the Smithsonian Latino Center
- Date: September 17, 2020
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: Documenting the history, programs, and activities of the Smithsonian Latino Center through the capture of their websites and their other online sites.
Archives Puzzles: Nineteenth-Century Watercolors
- Date: July 12, 2021
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Have a little fun with images from our collections that have been designated as open access. Anyone can now download, transform, share, and reuse millions of images as part of Smithsonian Open Access.
Janet Harmon Bragg: Female Aviator
- Date: March 22, 2011
- Creator: Kira M. Sobers
- Description: For the month of March, the Smithsonian Institution Archives will be posting about interesting women from our collections in honor of Women’s History Month. Over the past two years, I have had the privilege of watching the Smithsonian Institution Archives’ Video History Collection interviews while they were digitized. One of my favorites is Black Aviators (RU 9545) because of
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OUCH: Scary Pictures of Broad Daylight
- Date: April 30, 2009
- Creator: Marvin Heiferman
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="384" caption="Waikiki, No.
Science Service, Up Close: Covering the Atom, August 1945
- Date: August 6, 2015
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: Details of Helen Miles Davis and Science Service coverage of the atomic bomb.
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Wartime in Washington—Mary Henry on the First Manassas
- Date: July 21, 2011
- Description: Throughout the next months, the Smithsonian Institution Archives will feature posts related to the Smithsonian and the Civil War in honor of the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War. On July 21, 1861, the First Battle of Manassas raged just thirty miles southwest of Washington DC and the Smithsonian Institution Building that housed Secretary Joseph Henry and his family.
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Photos, Guns, Africa, Stanley, & Kalulu
- Date: August 26, 2009
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
Growing to a Community of Volunpeers: Communication & Discovery
- Date: July 8, 2014
- Description: The Smithsonian Transcription Center has grown from individuals to a collaborative community of volunpeers. Here are four ways we see it happening.
Spotlight: Henry Joseph Horan, Superintendent of Buildings
- Date: July 29, 2021
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: A closer look at staff member Henry Horan (1838-1896), who held several positions at the Smithsonian, including janitor, watchman, and superintendent of buildings, during his long career at the Institution.